Mumbai news live updates: Interim budget allocates Rs 789 crore for Mumbai Urban Transport Projects The interim Union budget presented on Thursday provides Rs 789 crore for the Mumbai Urban Transport Projects (MUTP) undertaken for the expansion of the suburban railway network in the country's financial capital. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/budget-2024-rs-789-crore-allocated-for-mumbai-urban-transport-projects-23332972" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai news live updates: Joint sub-registrar, associate held for bribery in Thane The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a joint sub-registrar and his associate for allegedly taking bribe for the registration of two houses in Maharashtra's Thane district, an ACB official said on Thursday. A man had submitted documents for the registration of two flats, one belonging to him and another to his wife, at the registrar's office in Kalyan town of the district.

Mumbai news live updates: Focus will be on visible and basic policing, says new Pune top cop New Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Thursday said his focus would be on "visible and basic policing." Kumar, a 1995-batch IPS officer, was speaking to reporters after taking charge from outgoing police commissioner Retesh Kumar. "Our priority and focus will be basic policing such as prevention, detection of crime, traffic management, VIP security, safety of women and children, deterrence of cyber and economic crime, and effective and quick redressal of citizens' grievances," he said.

Mumbai news live updates: Bombay HC asks Mumbai police to return luxury cars seized for violating prohibitory orders The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the city police to return 41 luxury cars seized from the BKC area here for allegedly violating prohibitory orders. The impounded cars include models from Porsche, Mercedes, Ferrari, Audi, Lamborghini, Jaguar and BMW.

Mumbai news live updates: Lawyers to skip work at Mumbai sessions court on Friday to protest murder of advocate couple Lawyers will remain absent from work at the sessions court here on Friday to protest the recent murder of an advocate couple in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, their association has said.

Mumbai news live updates: Girls who left home in anger reunited with parents in Latur Two minor sisters who left their home in Latur in a fit of rage have been reunited with their parents, a police official said on Thursday. The two had gone missing from Aurad Shahajani on Tuesday and were traced within 24 hours, he added.

Mumbai news live updates; Underage ATV rider, father booked after vehicle hits camel at Alibag beach A man and his minor son have been booked in connection with a collision between an all-terrain vehicle and a camel at Alibag beach in Raigad district, a police official said on Thursday. The ATV hit the camel on January 28, resulting in the rider and a woman sitting on the animal falling, the official said.

Mumbai news live updates: HC initiates contempt action against 3 lawyers for submitting fabricated news report targeting judge The Bombay High Court has initiated suo motu (on its own) contempt proceedings against three advocates for submitting a fabricated news report casting aspersions on an HC judge, noting that such an act lowers the dignity of the court.

Mumbai news live updates: IIT Bombay cancels lecture on 'Crisis in Indian Education' The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has cancelled a scheduled lecture by scholar Ganesh Devy, a prominent cultural activist and former professor of English at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-iit-bombay-cancels-lecture-on-crisis-in-indian-education-23332936" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai news live updates: NCP will help 6-year-old sexual assault victim get justice; kin speak to Sule The Nationalist Congress Party will support a 6-year-old sexual assault victim in Latur and ensure she gets justice, a functionary of the Sharad Pawar-led outfit said on Thursday. The girl was sexually assaulted last month in Valandi in Deoni tehsil, after which a 22-year-old man, identified as Altaf Qureshi, was arrested. The incident had led to protests and silent marches in Chakur, Valandi and several other areas of the district.

Mumbai news live updates: Case registered against AIMIM MP Jaleel over bank depositors' agitation An FIR has been registered against local AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel following an agitation led by him at the divisional commissioner's office here, police said on Thursday. The MP had led a sit-in agitation here two days ago, demanding that the government speed up the process of returning the money of account holders of Adarsh Mahila Nagari Sahakari Bank whose license was cancelled by the RBI, and seven other financial institutions.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: CM Eknath Shinde inaugurated 101 centers under Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman Yojana in the state
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Finance minister presented Modi govt's last budget: Uddhav takes dig at BJP
"The Modi government has presented its last budget. Want to thank the finance minister because she did it with a very heavy heart and presented the last budget", Uddhav Thackeray said. <a href="Mumbai&#3720News&#3720LIVE&#3720Updates:&#3720Finance&#3720minister&#3720presented&#3720Modi&#3720govt's&#3720last&#3720budget:&#3720Uddhav&#3720takes&#3720dig&#3720at&#3720BJP&#3720&#3720&quot;The&#3720Modi&#3720government&#3720has&#3720presented&#3720its&#3720last&#3720budget.&#3720Want&#3720to&#3720thank&#3720the&#3720finance&#3720minister&#3720because&#3720she&#3720did&#3720it&#3720with&#3720a&#3720very&#3720heavy&#3720heart&#3720and&#3720presented&#3720the&#3720last&#3720budget&quot;,&#3720Uddhav&#3720Thackeray&#3720said.&#3720Read&#3720More" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Dy CM Ajit Pawar welcomes interim Budget 2024, says it protects interest of farmers and middle class
Maharashtra's Deputy chief minister and Finance Minister, Ajit Pawar welcomed the interim Budget 2024 presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday. "The budget to protect the interests of farmers, laborers and middle class. It is a budget lays the foundation of a developed India and Maharashtra", NCP's Ajit Pawar said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 2 booked for cheating Navi Mumbai businessman of Rs 4.41 crore in optical fibre cables deal
Police have registered a case against two persons for allegedly cheating a 61-year-old businessman from Navi Mumbai of Rs 4.41 crore in a deal pertaining to the optical fibre cables, an official said. The victim, a resident of Kharghar area who operates a business of optical fibre cables, entered into a deal with the accused for taking the supply from them. PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Money laundering probe: NCP MLA Rohit Pawar appears before ED
NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, the grand nephew of party supremo Sharad Pawar, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday in connection with a money laundering probe into the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam, an official said. This is the second time that Rohit Pawar appeared before the ED in the last 10 days. PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: PIL against Kunbi certificates to Marathas, HC asks petitioner to wait for hearing for few more days
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said a petitioner challenging the Maharashtra government's move to issue Kunbi certificates to Marathas could wait for a few more days for hearing on the plea, considering the caste certificates were being issued since November 2023. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/pil-on-maratha-quota-can-wait-for-few-more-days-tells-bombay-hc-23332910" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BMC aims to partially open Coastal Road in February 2024
Even as the demand for the opening of the southbound arm of the Mumbai coastal road is gaining momentum, a section of BMC officials is averse to the idea because according to them this would create hindrance in the ongoing work of the northbound arm of the bridge.<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-bmc-aims-to-partially-open-coastal-road-in-february-2024-23321477" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"> Read More</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Joint sub-registrar, associate held for bribery in Thane
he Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a joint sub-registrar and his associate for allegedly taking bribe for the registration of two houses in Thane district, an ACB official said on Thursday. A man had submitted documents for the registration of two flats, one belonging to him and another to his wife, at the registrar's office in Kalyan. The 53-year-old joint sub-registrar allegedly demanded Rs 15,000 each for the registration of the two flats, Thane ACB's Deputy Superintendent of Police Pramod Jadhav said. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Murder case accused tells cops he killed one more person, dumped body in Navi Mumbai
A 23-year-old man accused in a case of murder of an auto-rickshaw driver here earlier this month has told the police that he killed one more person last year and dumped the body in Navi Mumbai, an official said. On January 12 this year, the accused man and two other persons were arrested for allegedly killing a 23-year-old auto-rickshaw driver by strangling him and dumping the body in the Mithi river in Kurla area of Mumbai. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Man ends life in Navi Mumbai; wife accuses another woman of suicide abetment
A 29-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai township following which his wife has complained to police against a woman of harassing him, forcing him to take the extreme step, police said on Thursday. Based on the complaint, the police on Wednesday registered a case against the 31-year-old woman under Indian Penal Code section 306 (abetment of suicide). PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: When mountaineer Seema Mane decided to do her first international climb, she zeroed in on January 26 as a date on which she wanted to stand on the peak of a mountain. &ldquo;Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa was an apt choice for the climb because the season at this time is suitable for climbing,&rdquo; said Mane. Mt Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa... <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-bmc-employee-seema-mane-summits-africas-highest-peak-mt-kilimanjaro-23332842" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Read More here</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates:&nbsp;Kin of Mumbai man whose organs were donated say, Dad will live via those who got his organs
After he was declared brain dead last week, the family of businessman Atul Parekh, 56, decided to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/health-and-fitness/article/why-india-lags-in-organ-donation-23322525" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">donate his skin and organs</a>. Atul was among the five dead individuals whose skin was harvested on January 28 by the skin bank of the National Burns Centre, Airoli. mid-day spoke to the family members of Atul, who resided in Andheri East. The family was initially reluctant to donate Atul&rsquo;s organs and skins. However, now, his immediate family and friends have also pledged to become donors.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates:&nbsp;Here's how new local train corridor will take shape
With work on the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-rly-starts-laying-new-airoli-kalwa-line-with-launching-of-bridge-23331660" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kalwa-Airoli connector</a> beginning, Railways has now put an end to the debate of how trains of the new corridor will continue onto the main line after Kalwa by designing a merger similar to that of Wadala where Bandra and Panvel locals alternate seamlessly without crossovers and detentions... <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-heres-how-new-local-train-corridor-will-take-shape-23332841" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Read More</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates:&nbsp;In a first, Mumbai gets 12,500-sq cm skin donations in a single day
Last week, for the first time, the city received around 12,500 sq cm of skin in a single day. The skin was harvested from five people who died, including one brain-dead individual. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/navi-mumbai-national-burns-centre-pushes-for-patient-employee-mental-health-23237753" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">National Burns Centre&rsquo;s</a> (NBC) previous record was of harvesting skin from four dead individuals within 24 hours... <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/in-a-first-mumbai-gets-12500-sq-cm-skin-donations-in-a-single-day-23332839" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Read More</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: &nbsp;Amid the controversy over the result of the Chandigarh Mayor elections, Shiv Sena's (UBT) mouthpiece 'Saamana' took a dig at the Centre and said that it is the victory of dishonesty and mobocracy, adding, "The world's largest democracy bowed its head in shame in Chandigarh." The BJP's Manoj Sonkar was declared the Mayor of Chandigarh on Tuesday after he won the mayoral polls with 16 votes against the 12 votes bagged by Congress-AAP candidate Kuldeep Tita. Eight votes were declared invalid. (ANI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: FIR against 4 persons after more than 100 students suffer from food poisoning in Thane school
Police registered an FIR against four persons on Thursday, a day after more than 100 students of a private ashram school in Maharashtra's Thane district suffered from food poisoning after consuming the mid-day meal, an official said. A total of 117 students, including 48 girls, were admitted to the Shahapur sub-district hospital after they suffered from food poisoning on Wednesday, Shahapur tehsildar Komal Thakur told PTI.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: An accused in an ISIS module bust case has sought interim bail from a court here to be with his wife at the time of their child's birth. Zubair Shaikh, one of the six accused arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last year for allegedly promoting terror activities in India at the behest of terror outfit ISIS, said his wife was in an advanced stage of pregnancy, and will require to undergo the cesarean delivery on February 4. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: An alert constable, attached to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/bandra--articles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandra traffic division</a>, foiled the suicide attempt of a 40-year-old woman who was rescued after a dramatic 100-metre chase on Bandra Worli Sea Link on Tuesday. The woman, whose identity is being withheld, is a homemaker from Lokhandwala, Kandivali East.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: While the argument over <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai--to-retain-open-defecation-free-status--bmc-goes-on-launch-spree-18385180" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mumbai&rsquo;s open defecation-free status</a> continues, the discovery of open defecation in the Aarey Milk Colony raises concerns about potential human-wildlife conflict. During a recent forest department visit, open defecation was detected, causing Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) authorities to raise their concerns with the Aarey administration and BMC... <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-open-defecation-in-aarey-a-major-issue-23332836" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Read More</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Massive fire broke out followed by multiple blasts (apparently from gas cylinders) in Nalasopara in the middle of night. Six heavy vehicles, parked in Dhaniv Baug, were engulfed in the inferno.
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allocated over Rs 100 crore for the development of facilities aimed at enhancing the experience of devotees visiting the Siddhivinayak Temple.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Ahead of the assembly elections scheduled for October this year, the Eknath Shinde government is eyeing the launch of three mega projects worth Rs 22,000 crore by the BMC.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Devotees arriving at the Shri Siddhivinayak Temple in Prabhadevi will now have a seamless experience for darshan as all the stakeholders concerned have come together to tackle various issues that mid-day highlighted in its series of expos&eacute;s.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Keeping the election year in mind, the country&rsquo;s richest civic body, the BMC is likely to focus on its massive infrastructure projects despite its declining income, by breaking its famous Rs 86,000 crore fixed deposits.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A constable attached to the Local Arms Unit of Mumbai police, whose 19-year-old daughter died in a freak accident on Tuesday morning, has alleged that the Virar police did a shoddy investigation to weaken the case. &ldquo;If they can&rsquo;t ensure justice for their own men, what is the point of wearing the khaki,&rdquo; said Constable Anil Phutane.

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